Indian Land That Is Part of China's Hawkish Policy

[] [Indian Land That Is Part of China's Hawkish Policy]( by Mohshin Habib • June 7, 2023 at 5:00 am - India feels a giant demon breathing on her shoulder. - The more China strengthens its military and economic power, the more threatened India feels. The main reason is China's aggressive actions along the China-India border. - Tibet [in 1914] was an independent country that had every right to negotiate border agreements with any bordering countries. - In 1950, China invaded and fully occupied Tibet. Since then, China has been claiming a right to Arunachal Pradesh and denying the Tibet-India agreement. Even though the McMahon Line is the clear boundary between the countries, the dispute between China and India increases as skirmishes flare up. Each time, the region and the world hold their breath. - Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh was the site of one of the meetings in March. However, China did not participate in that meeting and also skipped the meeting held in Kashmir on May 22-24. - Day by day, relations between the two world's most populous countries, both nuclear powers, continue to deteriorate, with no signs of peace talks in sight. The more China strengthens its military and economic power, the more threatened India feels. The main reason is China's aggressive actions along the China-India border. Pictured: An Indian army convoy travels towards Leh through Zoji La, a high mountain pass bordering China on June 13, 2021 in Ladakh, India. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images) India feels a giant demon breathing on her shoulder. The more China strengthens its military and economic power, the more threatened India feels. The main reason is China's aggressive actions along the China-India border, known as the Line of Actual Control. India and China share a de facto border of 3,440 km in total -- containing rivers, lakes and snowcaps at high altitudes. On April 1, China's Ministry of Civil Affairs released an updated list of its preferred "standardized geographical names" for places in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which borders China. The new list of 11 places contains the names in Chinese and Tibetan characters, and in Pinyin (a Romanized system for standardizing forms of Mandarin Chinese). [Continue Reading Article]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [RSS]( [Donate]( Copyright © Gatestone Institute, All rights reserved. You are subscribed to this list as {EMAIL} You can change how you receive these emails: [Update your subscription preferences]( or [Unsubscribe from this list]( [Gatestone Institute]( 14 East 60 St., Suite 705, New York, NY 10022